Simon is Not So Bad

posted on august 29, 2002, tag: entertainment

After tonight's episode of American Idol, I finally feel that Kelly will actually win. She deserves to. She's fantastic, a talent (the only talent) I actually still enjoy seeing every time. Her voice is great, and she tends to pull out all the stops when singing, often starting a whole new set of long and perfect notes well after she's clearly out of breath. Each song she sings sounds unique—not as thought she's simply covering someone else's work—and fantastic. If Justin wins, I will literally call FOX and tell them to go fuck themselves.

Kevin, a friend from Seattle, told me this evening:

I'm looking at your personal website... noticed you watched American Idol. I went to the live taping just a few hours ago... I chatted with Simon for a few minutes before the show. A nice gentleman... he just plays it up on TV.

This makes sense, but at the same time is somewhat depressing. I hoped, in my heart of hearts, that Simon was actually 100% the man he portrayed on the show—cruel but just, mean but truthful—and the idea of him actually being a nice guy doesn't settle. No matter, I still love him. He (other than Kelly) is the best part of the show. There's talk of not having him be a part of the next version, and I think that would be a terrible mistake.